UN News Special Coverage of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Sevilla, Spain

Special Coverage of Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

Sevilla, Spain | 30 June-3 July 2025

Welcome to UN News’ special coverage of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), taking place in Sevilla, Spain.

This landmark gathering brings together world leaders, international institutions, businesses, civil society and the UN System to tackle the urgent financing challenges hindering progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

FFD4 offers a critical opportunity to reshape the global financial landscape and mobilize the resources needed for a fairer, more sustainable future.

Stay with us for live updates, expert insights, and in-depth reporting from Sevilla.

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development came to a close with a call to action on 3 July.

With sustainable development under threat, Sevilla summit rekindles hope and unity

3 July 2025

Civil society delegates voice their concerns during the final day of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, Spain.

The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation

3 July 2025

Rania Al-Mashat (centre), Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development seated next to Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe (right), at the launch of the Borrowers’ Forum in Sevilla.

Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books

2 July 2025

Often overworked and undervalued, women migrants are the backbone of both their host and home communities – sustaining economies through remittances, entrepreneurship and resilience. (file photo)

Migration must be central to development agenda, says IOM chief

2 July 2025

A $220 million yacht reportedly owned by a tech oligarch moors in the Mediterranean Sea.

Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

1 July 2025

The participation of girls in education in places like India (pictured) is central to gender equality efforts.

‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually

1 July 2025

Sevilla is hosting the fourth Financing for Development conference.

It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

30 June 2025

Sevilla is hosting the 4th Financing for Development conference.

After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now

30 June 2025

Faith-based financing has supported projects to clean up sanitation and landfill services in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

UN Indonesia

Faith in finance: Indonesia's innovative path to sustainable development

28 June 2025

Economic Development

Indonesia has been putting its faith in innovative approaches to financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the internationally agreed targets to end poverty, hunger and inequality, fight climate change and preserve the planet.

Signs of the UN sustainable development Goals displayed at UNHQ.

UN News/Abdelmonem Makki

‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding

28 June 2025

Economic Development

Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, insists that global solidarity is still alive, despite indications to the contrary.